Quick-Start Demo - Teknetics Gamma 6000 Owner's Manual

QUICK-START DEMONSTRATION
I. Supplies Needed
• a Nail • a Zinc Penny (dated after 1982)
II. Position the Detector
a. Place the detector on a table, with the searchcoil hanging over the edge.
Or better, have a friend hold the detector, with the searchcoil off the ground.
b. Keep the searchcoil away from walls, floors, and metal objects.
c. Remove watches, rings, and jewelry.
d. Turn off lights or appliances, whose electromagnetic
emissions may cause interference.
e. Pivot the searchcoil back.
III. Power Up
Press
IV. Wave each object over the searchcoil.
a. Notice a different tone for each object:
Nail:
Coins: Sound varies in pitch and volume depending on distance from coil
b. Motion is required.
Objects must be in motion over the searchcoil to be detected in this mode.
V. Press twice to enter the DISC. LEVEL program.
Then press
a. The word "IRON" disappears from the display
VI. Wave the nail over the searchcoil.
a. The nail will not be detected
b. The nail has been "discriminated out."
VII. Press
a. The words FOIL, NICKEL, PULLTAB, S-CAP+ and ZINC disappear.
VIII. Wave the nickel
a. The nickel will not be detected.
IX. Press
Then press
a. The word "NICKEL" reappears on the display
X. Wave the Nickel.
The nickel is now again detected.
The nickel has been "notched in."
XI. Press
XII. Pass the quarter over the searchcoil.
Move the quarter closer to and farther away from the searchcoil. Notice
the changing depth-display values at the bottom of the screen.
XIII. Press and hold
Move the quarter closer to and farther away from the searchcoil. Notice
the changing 2-digit depth-display values in the middle of the screen.
.
Low Tone
until "40" appears in the center of the screen.
until "80" appears.
twice to toggle down to NOTCH.
three times
once to toggle down to ALL-METALS
. Pass the quarter over the searchcoil
• a Nickel • a Quarter
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